Moses v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the actor reasonably believes the conduct is immediately necessary to avoid imminent harm; (2) the desirability and urgency of avoiding the harm clearly outweigh, according to ordinary standards of reasonableness, the harm sought to be prevented by law prescribing [sic] the conduct; and (3) a legislative purpose to exclude the justification claimed for the conduct does not otherwise plainly appear. 1”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Elam v. State · Cyr v. State

2. “LaFayette gave warnings at the front and back doors of the clinic. She asked the people to leave and advised them if they did not leave that they would be trespassing.... Austin Police Lieutenant Stewart testified that appellant ‘was in front of the crowd of persons that was blocking the doorway.’ Stewart, at LaFayette’s request, advised the crowd that they had been warned to leave and not come back, that they were in violation of the criminal trespass statute, and, if they continued to remain on the premises, that they would be subject to arrest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thompson v. State